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Date:      Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:58:58 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>, Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The Merger, and what will its effects be on committers?
Message-ID:  <4.2.2.20000316175744.04112740@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <v04220800b4f6211c101b@[194.78.235.226]>
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At 10:32 PM 3/15/2000 , Brad Knowles wrote:

>         I have no reason to suspect this, but if you do, then this is a 
> good time to bring it up.  However, you should not be basing statements 
> or arguments on an assumption like this, which has not yet proven to be 
> either false or true.  You simply don't know whether or not you have a 
> leg to stand on.

The fact is, that if someone owns the trademark and doesn't make a 
commitment to an explicit policy, NO ONE knows whether he or she has a leg 
to stand on. This is known as FUD.

One of the things which will promote the growth of FreeBSD and BSD UNIX in 
general will be to dispel all such FUD.

--Brett



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